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The Palmer Raids. 249 resident aliens rounded up and put on board the ship Buford headed for Soviet Union
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November 2 – In the United States, KDKA (AM) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as a commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the presidential election.
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emergency Quota Act established maximum number of people who could enter united states
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A Congressional resolution by both houses is signed by President Warren G. Harding, declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary. The treaties would be executed one month later.
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Fordney/McCumberTariff raised taxes on some US imports to 60% was the highest ever. It protected US businesses especilly the chemical and metal industrey made it impossible for Britan and France to sell enough goods to pay depts
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Calvin Coolidge becomes president
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Wings was the first movie in film history to win for best picture an the Oscars
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Babe Ruth was the the first major league Baseball player to hit 60 homeruns in a season. Americans went wild.
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Charles A Lindbergh made the first nonstop transatlantic flight. He took off near New York city, flew up the cost of Newfoundland and headed over the Atlantic. It took 33 hours and 29 minutes.
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Henery Ford introduced the Model A
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The Empire State Building was completed
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The Bonus army marches
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FDR spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal—a variety of programs designed to produce relief
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2,600 schools across nation shut down more than 300,000 students out of school
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dust on Airplanes landing in Boston. Collected on planes at up to 20,000 ft
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Windstorm picked up up millions of tons of dust from plains and carried to East Coast
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New York city. dust Lowers humanity from normal 57% to 34% dust reported on ships 500 miles out to sea.
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FDR re-elected
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Hindenburg disaster, killing 35 people and marking an end to airship travel
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Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins